The surge protector thread has made me so paranoid that I have unplugged almost everything except for the TV and the computer and the refrigerator.
Solar flares are here, everyone unplug your dryer!
Turns out we have exceptionally high solar activity right now, with a category 4 solar flair expected to impact the planet, potentially affecting satellite communications, electronics and power grids.
Of course, if history is any guide the news is absolutely over excited over this, at best those in the northern states may see pretty lights at night. I was particularly amused this afternoon at a CNN weather person recommending you unplug your dryer just to be safe. I mean, is that really the most important appliance in his house? 🤣
Also, kind of off topic, if you have binoculars or a telescope with the right solar filters you can catch a glimpse of the dark spots on the sun associated with this CME. Amazing to imagine that it is about 15-16x wider than the earth.
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@laoman , to the best of my knowledge, this site has no blocking feature. I suppose that all that you can do if you find the content of a post objectionable (and given the content of the particular post, I can see how that might be) is to report it by clicking on the date and time at the upper RH corner of post and then following the prompts. |
Yes, @laoman , unfortunately I do know. |
You just couldn't hold yourself back, could you, @mahgister . |
Those are admirable traits, @grislybutter ; I commend you. |
@mahgister , you turn a thread about solar flares into your own personal soapbox to stand on while you rant and state your polarizing opinions about politics and foreign policy and it’s everybody else’s fault? |
Did you ever stop to consider that perhaps a conversational post within an audio site about solar activity and the possible need to unplug electrical appliances wasn't the appropriate place for that conversation? And for that matter, that possibly an audio site isn't an appropriate forum for it? |
@mahgister , there wasn't anything at all that was the least bit politically polarizing about the OP which was simply pointing out "exceptionally high solar activity" and llightheartedly suggesting people unplug their electrical appliances. You are the one who made the polarizing post, and then when people pushed back (which is how people typically respond to polarizing material) you react by calling them haters and idiots. |
Yes, @grislybutter , you did try. But you were correct, it didn't help. |
@asvjerry , wtf does that even mean? |
Just go to Texas, @jasonbourne71 , Abbott's grid is foolproof. |
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Hey, @grislybutter , that was a genuine question. @asvjerry seems to feel that:
and I just want to find out whether or not he feels that ALL non-audio points of view and statements associated to those points of view should be expressed here on whatever whim one may feel at the time. I have had posts deleted by @Admin for a lot less than the post that derailed this thread, but hey, if it's all fair game now, I have some other opinions that I might like to get off of my chest. |
Ha ha! That visual is slaying me, @grislybutter . Well, as the member who has read too much E.E. Cummings said:
Let the fun begin and the good times roll! (Or probably more like: "*J* . . . (((pauses or plauses 2 defer upon the PUBIC (putrid?) for(e(play)um))) eet eez a pub(L)ic panorama soe lett us all do AND Say AND type az we (if it) PLEASE(s) (you/us) . . . *w* . . . lett the gaymes commens(surate! . . . *v*)
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I guess "Brownbear is you, @grislybutter ? As an aside, @jerryg123 used to send me "love letters" . . I found that amusing. I tried to paste one of them on the site, but I guess it was too obscene, as @Admin deleted it. Ha ha! @Admin didn’t have a problem with me getting the DMs, however. |
I’ve always been rational. I have never lied about anything on this site. I do not refer to other members as coward liars and stupid idiots on a regular basis. You are the one who took an innocuous thread about solar activity and used it to state your controversial and extreme political opinions . . . and then you are the one who became unhinged when you were called on it by more than one member. And then you got angry and hurled insults at anyone and everyone who objected to your political post.
If you want to call people out for the war in Ukraine, maybe start with the war criminal Vlad Putin or the criminal who enabled him from 2016 through 2020. |
I do not know why you repeatedly accuse me of hatred. Imiitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And I recognize that copy and paste you just did from a previous thread you were on. I am good with it, because, after all, as was typed by @asvjerry :
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I am not targeting anyone. It was previously conveyed that it is a public forum and therefore we are all free to express ourselves about whatever we wish, but with that typed, I am not the one referring to other members as idiots or coward liars or criminals, nor am I seriously accusing anyone of hatred. |
You were the one who insisted on opening that door and going down that road despite the fact that this is an audio forum, not a political flame war forum
and I would have been happy not to go down the road, and I tried to point that out. But you insisted, and your E.E. Cummings buddy said, and I quote:
so here we are. |
How could I forget.
What!? Now you are saying that you do NOT believe in:
Make up your mind! This constant flip-flopping is not an indicator of good mental health.
Your posts have set the shame-bar pretty low.
Maybe you should send a copy to Vlad.
As I typed previously: unstable.
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@hickamore , Tucker Carlson's boyfriend told him the dryer was part of the election theft scam. |